<VV> Loose axle

[Hugo Miller]

Wny not? I just did it! Unless I had hold of the wrong shaft, as the 
actress said to the Bishop ;)

On 2020-03-04 20:49, Jim Becker wrote:
> Are you sure?  With the weight of the car on it, you won't be able to
> just reach up and wiggle it by hand.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2020 6:08 PM
> To: wfcc at mediacombb.net
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re:  Loose axle
>
> I should have got underneath before I replied to your post. Guess 
> what?
> The play is ALL GONE!! Can you believe it! Who'd a thunk it? So after
> all that debate, the whole thing was just a massive red herring.
> Thank you so much for spotting the booby trap for the unwary, and
> possibly saving me a whole lot of work in the process!! Well done 
> sir!
> Have a cigar on me ;)
>
> On 2020-03-04 17:56, wfcc at mediacombb.net wrote:
>> Hugo,
>>
>>  I don't think I've  seen it asked here, but this play you are
>> talking about, Is it when the car is jacked up and the wheels are
>> hanging free ? If so that is normal. especially on the side with the
>> short stub axle. They fixed that problem on the much improved late
>> models...…… but Smitty wouldn't know about that…<GGG>
>>
>>
>>  Ed Lindsay
>>
>>  West Florida Corvairs
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Sent: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:45:47 -0500 (EST)
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Loose axle
>>
>>
>> On 2020-03-04 16:02, Smitty wrote:
>> [edited]
>>> I would like you to be more restrained when commenting.  I didn’t 
>>> see
>>> Bills comments as being patronizing.  Just a knowlegible longtime
>>> Early owner trying to keep a newbie from making what could be an
>>> expensive and time consuming mistake.  It doesn’t pay to assume 
>>> when
>>> dealing with persons ranging from automotive engineers to a teen 
>>> age
>>> kid that doesn’t know a left handed monkey wrench from a 
>>> screwdriver.
>>>        Smitty
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>
>> This is the comment I described as patronising;
>>
>> "Hugo - please stop tinkering with your car.  Take some time to get 
>> the
>> appropriate manuals and read and familiarize yourself with the parts 
>> of
>> your car before you go any further.  Or, if not that, meet up with a
>> local Corvair club to look over it with you.
>> Bill"
>>
>> And it is. Damned patronising. Telling me to stop 'tinkering' with 
>> my
>> own car. Who has the right to tell me that? I've been 'tinkering' 
>> with
>> cars and commercial vehicles in a professional capacity for the last
>> fifty-odd years.
>> I was seeking advice on whether anybody had similar experience of 
>> play
>> in the axle shaft, as I couldn't see exactly where it originated. I 
>> will
>> happily listen to advice from any quarter. But please don't talk 
>> down to
>> me. That is guaranteed to piss me off.
>> Going back to my original question, there seems to be a consensus 
>> that
>> the play is where the yoke runs in the diff gear / housing. There is
>> just a remote possibility that a new yoke will cure or alleviate it, 
>> but
>> Sod's law says that's unlikely. I've got to drop the whole lot out 
>> some
>> time soon anyway, so it will have to do until that happens.
>>
>>
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